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Posted on: Movie Genres
On February 13 at 6:38 AM by changye

Hi philipjd 价格大众化 indicates that "to become affordable price for ordinary people". Read more

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Posted on: Movie Genres
On February 13 at 6:27 AM by jloo

So 大众化 can also mean 'average' as in the sentence '但价格却是大众化的？' Read more

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On February 13 at 6:23 AM by changye

Hi shanghai_helios When you use the structure "既～又～", you're supposed to place a verb (and auxiliary verb) both after 既 and after 又, like "既吃米饭又吃面包... Read more

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On February 13 at 6:03 AM by shanghai_helios

Why is 能 repeated when discussing the features of the phone? Is it because 又 must precede a verb, and therefore the 能 must be repeated? Also, I not... Read more

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On February 13 at 6:03 AM by changye

黑猫白猫论 （by 邓小平） Black Cat White Cat Theory This is a Chinese version of "Machiavellian", I suppose. In 1961, at the Guangzhou conference, Deng utt... Read more

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Posted on: 人情消费
On February 13 at 5:46 AM by jloo

thanks for that. Any chance for the translations to come back up for these older shows? Read more

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On February 13 at 5:36 AM by oxygem

Hi roderick. The influence of the Culture Revolution has ebbed in chinese minds since we focused to the economic development. So, those terms sound fu... Read more

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On February 13 at 5:33 AM by John

The next color-themed Qing Wen is indeed about red... but not the next Qing Wen! (We anticipated Changye's prediction, so decided to throw a curv... Read more

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On February 13 at 5:09 AM by shanghai_helios

Changye, Thanks. There must be a positive connotation for the color black, otherwise you wouldn't see so many black cars on the road. Maybe every g... Read more

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On February 13 at 5:07 AM by go_manly

In the Expansion sentence: 我也想做律师。(Wŏ yĕ xiăng zuò lǜshī.) I'd also like to be a lawyer. can 当 (dāng) be used in place of 做 (zuò) ? Are these... Read more